Behind The Scoreboard – From The Court To The Screen

Garden City NY

18 March, 2022

5:11 PM

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My philosophy is "Everything I ever needed to know about business I learned on the sports field." From Behind The Scoreboard, I feature the sports stories that tell us much more than simply who won or lost. These personal and inspiring experiences of grade school, high school, college, other amateur and even pro athletes allow all of us to reflect a little more on what is important in life. ~ James C. Metzger, Chairman and CEO, The Whitmore Agency _______ From Basketball To The Hollywood Spotlight Krekor Ohanian, Jr. played basketball. He starred in high school in California and then he played for John Wooden’s UCLA teams. He planned to become an attorney and follow in his father’s footsteps. Krekor was Armenian and he wanted to continue his father’s work of helping fellow Armenian’s who had emigrated from the home country. Krekor never played professional basketball. He also didn’t become an attorney. After he served during World War II, Krekor became an actor, and a pretty good one. He appeared in a few films and then in a number of television shows. Eventually, he starred in one of his own. You know him as the star of Mannix. Learn more about Krekor (Mike Connors) in my latest blog.